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Tonight In Rock: Juliette Commagere, Gangi, Golden Animals, The Antarcticans

Gangi will be playing tonight at Spaceland | Photo by Sarah Forbes Keough via Gangi's Myspace
Our Pick: Gangi, Saint Motel, Free Moral Agents, Crooked Cowboy @ Spaceland (Free!)
Tonight Hello Stranger front woman and keytar goddess Juliette Commagere (LAist Interview, Review) will be continuing her month-long residency at the Echo. Brooklyn-based retro 70s psych rockers Golden Animals are poised to headline the Silver Lake Lounge with NY-based alt-folk outfit Arizona in tow. And, lastly, local experimental rock act the Antarcticans will be annihilating eardrums at the Smell. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch LA-based experimental psych folk duo Gangi (LAist Review), who will be resuming their month-long residency as well. LAist favorite Crooked Cowboy is slated to kick things off.
You can find these listings as well as the rest of the week's in our weekly Week In Rock post, which goes up every Sunday.
Gangi - "Ground"
Yusuf Islam @ El Rey Theatre (Invite Only)
Meat Puppets @ Amoeba Records (Free! Early Show; 7 PM)
Juliette Commagere, Grizzly Owls, Paige Stark @ The Echo (Free!)
Gangi, Saint Motel, Free Moral Agents, Crooked Cowboy @ Spaceland (Free!)
Golden Animals, Imaad Wasif, Amanda Jo Williams and Matt O'Neill, Arizona @ Silver Lake Lounge (Free!)
Lou Dawson, Alisan Porter, Ferras, Mandi Perkins, Salome, Chris August @ The Hotel Café
ANAVAN, Flaspar, BIRTH!, Beast Cop @ Pehrspace
My Flag is on Fire, Haroula Rose, Agness Twin @ Echo Curio
New Rock Syndicate, The Antarcticans, The Moon Upstairs, Oliver Hall @ The Smell
Steel Panther @ Key Club $27 / $29 (Under 21)
The Jake Labotz Band @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Ballerina Black @ Dragonfly
Skyscraper Frontier @ Mountain Bar
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